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National Film Unit, 1947

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This National Film Unit (NFU) documentary details the film-making process from the development of an idea. After the Second World War the NFU was the major film processing laboratory in New Zealand. Independent companies Neuline Film Studios and Apex Film also operated processing laboratories in the post-war period.

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Reference: Exhibition loop. National Film Unit, 1947

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Megan Cook, Screen industry – The early years, 1895 to 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/44152/national-film-unit-1947 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 February 2014.